Hello. You would assume that the native resolution for 1 x home screen page would be the exact same size as a lock screen wallpaper at 480 x 800 right? WRONG!
I have tried to use Gallery, Quickpic, Just pictures all without success
I believe that due to the nature of having multiple home screens (active or not) Samsung have somehow managed to make it impossible to set the correct resolution for a 1 page wallpaper.
With Quickpic it will simply not allow you to select the whole image
With Gallery it does the same but gives you the option to save it as portrait or landscape both of which do not work
Just pictures is giving me the same result
If you don't believe me try it for yourself. Make sure you select an image that is filled with content, not just a small icon in the middle with a bunch of blank space around it.
It's seriously annoying me and makes no sense as to why the native resolution is NOT WORKING! and not even allowing you to select the whole of the image to be used as a home screen wallpaper. But if you use that exact same image and set it as a lock screen wallpaper it works PERFECTLY
I have so far tried these sizes but still not getting anywhere
480 x 480
900 x 900
480 x 800
960 x 800
960 x 960
800 x 800
Can anybody please shed some light
1240x800
600x480
720x600?
Try dodol wallpaper maker.
I will try the above. Thanks for your replies.
did u succeed? what is the reqired resolution?
Thanks.
Are you using default TW launcher? I have no issues setting a 480x800 wallpaper when using default launcher. Other launchers have the issues you described.
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Is there a way to set the wallpaper on the Mini Pro, without having to crop the image? I'm having a little bit of a poor experience in getting the wallpaper the way I want. Tried 240 x 320 sized images and same thing. Any ideas or apps ? (Or free beer? )
You can drag on the corners of the box to make it bigger in the cropping screen.
I was aware of the ability to adjust the size of the crop window using the edge markers. However, the results are often stretch, blurred, pixelated or something else.
I figured out a bit of a workaround though, from looking at this article HERE
To quote them:
Select an image that is 960 x 854 pixels.
Go to the option to change the wallpaper
Select the pictures folder, where you have the images stored (In above mentioned resolution)
A cropping square will appear, drag it to one corner and then maximize it as far as it will go to cover the whole image. Then hit ‘Save’.
Ok so I've decided to stop using live wallpapers as they eat up battery and break launcher pro if I underclock my CPU to save battery.
However I'm having problems getting wallpapers the right size.
I've tried resizing them to 320x480 but when setting them it still asks me to crop them and the crop box isn't even the right shape rectangle when maximised!
So what size should my backgrounds be to fit nicely on the screen?
Try 640 x 480. It worked for me, on Zeam.
For Optimus One wallpaper must be a resolution of 640x480, and all other phones with resolution 320x480.
thanks for the replies, i'll try it out.
It's because the background moves as you swipe home screens. Basically, android wallpapers should have the same height as the screen but twice the width.
Good article on it: http://m.lifehacker.com/5657727/whats-the-deal-with-androids-weird-wallpaper-requirements
the screen size of the mini pro is 320x480 and when I download a wallpaper (of the same size) and look at it in with the gallery app, it fits my screen exactly. but when I then want to set it as my wallpaper with gallery, apparently I can only use a part, at maximum half of it as max size? how come? how can I get wallpapers to be properly displayed at their full screen size?
Wallpapers need to be wide enough to cover 3 homescreens - due to the scrolling. It does not scroll more than 3 screens regardless of actual # of homescreens on your phone.
Therefore your wallpaper should be 960 x 480 for full coverage (3 x 320 by 480). Took me a while to work that out myself
thanks for letting me know
but then I wonder why people upload so many wallpapers with just the size for 1 screen?
edit: now Ive read that the best size is actually supposed to be 640x480, because apparently it doesnt move that far when scrolling
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edit: now Ive read that the best size is actually supposed to be 640x480, because apparently it doesnt move that far when scrolling
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Erm.. yeah you're quite correct... but the principle was good
Thank's Good Info
Hey guys !
It's been a while now since I have this idea in my mind, but I don't understand anything about programming with android and SDK and all those things (though I'd like to learn ^^)
Well, my idea is, why can't we resize the wallpaper we're about to apply, at any dimension we would like ?
Example : My SE X10 has a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. So the wallpaper will ALWAYS be 960 x 854 px. So it means that if we're on the first desktop, we have the first half of the wallpaper, and when on the right desktop, it will be the last half of the wallpaper.
So the idea is, we can resize the wallpaper at any size we want. Example, 1440 x 854 px (for my X10). This means there will be a third on the first screen, another third on the middle screen, and a last third on the last screen.
I hope I'm clear enough to be understood ^^
Tell me what you think about it Thanks !
Hi.
I'm trying to set a wallpaper on my Tablet S.
I've read that ICS uses 1920 x 1280, but when I set it it doesn't look right.
All I want is the stock ICS wallpaper.
I've seen the Tablet S Template PSD file, but I don't know how to use it.
Can anyone help?
wallpaper wizardrii
Just use wallpaper wizardrii it can put the complete wallpaper with out have to use the crop guide of android free on the play store
Warren_Orange said:
Hi.
I'm trying to set a wallpaper on my Tablet S.
I've read that ICS uses 1920 x 1280, but when I set it it doesn't look right.
All I want is the stock ICS wallpaper.
I've seen the Tablet S Template PSD file, but I don't know how to use it.
Can anyone help?
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Yes, the full scale H x V dimensions for Sony Tablet S ICS wallpaper images is 1920 x 1280 pixels, but the images must be cropped if they are to be displayed correctly.
Sony explains how to select a wallpaper image in ICS HERE. To the best of my knowledge, Sony has not yet released a video showing how to crop an image in ICS, however, they do show how to crop an image in HC in this VIDEO located at YouTube's web site. Cropping a wallpaper image in ICS is done pretty much the same way as it was in HC.
I provided a wallpaper image template and explained the pixel dimensions and viewable areas of wallpaper images HERE. I hope you find the template and information useful.
I make my own wallpaper images using an image editing program on my PC then copy them to my tablet into a folder I created and named /sdcard/Pictures/Wallpapers. Any images stored in the tablet's /sdcard/Pictures folder and its subfolders can be previewed and chosen via the "Gallery" selection on the "Choose wallpaper from" pop-up that appears whenever you long-press on any blank area near the center of the tablet's screen. You can also get to the "Gallery" selection via Settings > Display > Wallpaper.
Of course, you could always download and install wallpaper apps, but most of them are advertisement based and they never provided the control you can have by making your own wallpaper images and cropping them yourself.
I hope you find my reply helpful.
i'm using this for setting wallpaper on my Teblet S!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...RnZWxpbmVhcHBzLnNpbXBsZWltYWdld2FsbHBhcGVyIl0.
traumakom said:
i'm using this for setting wallpaper on my Teblet S!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...RnZWxpbmVhcHBzLnNpbXBsZWltYWdld2FsbHBhcGVyIl0.
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I also have installed the Simple Image Wallpaper app that your link leads to. It is actually a free, open source, non-advertisement based Live Wallpaper app. It works well, IMHO. One nice feature of the app is it allows for using different images for landscape and portrait mode.
Simple Image Wallpaper works best with images whose pixel resolution is the same as the screen of the telephone or tablet the app is installed on. For the Sony Tablet S in landscape mode, images that are 1280 x 752 pixels work best. In portrait mode, images that are 800 x 1232 pixels work best.
If the image is not 1280 x 752 or 800 x 1232 pixels, Simple Image Wallpaper will rotate the image if necessary for best fit, then stretch or shrink the image, and then crop the image until it fits the tablet's screen. This will sometimes cause parts of the image to be unviewable or to be displayed in a mode opposite to the intended landscape or portrait mode. Still, it's a great app.
Had expected lag what with it being a live wallpaper, but none at all, fantastic!
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I also have installed the Simple Image Wallpaper app that your link leads to. It is actually a free, open source, non-advertisement based Live Wallpaper app. It works well, IMHO. One nice feature of the app is it allows for using different images for landscape and portrait mode.
Simple Image Wallpaper works best with images whose pixel resolution is the same as the screen of the telephone or tablet the app is installed on. For the Sony Tablet S in landscape mode, images that are 1280 x 752 pixels work best. In portrait mode, images that are 800 x 1232 pixels work best.
If the image is not 1280 x 752 or 800 x 1232 pixels, Simple Image Wallpaper will rotate the image if necessary for best fit, then stretch or shrink the image, and then crop the image until it fits the tablet's screen. This will sometimes cause parts of the image to be unviewable or to be displayed in a mode opposite to the intended landscape or portrait mode. Still, it's a great app.
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Sorry to give this thread one hell of a bump but Simple Image Wallpaper just saved my sanity! Thanks, the word needs to be spread about this. I tried all the other "apps" and I can't get an image to display correctly in landscape mode to save my life. I'm using this on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3. It took me a minute to find it though under "wallpaper>live wallpaper" because it does not appear in my app drawer.
Thanks again! :good: